NVidia Geforce,Quadro,Studio Graphics drivers 460.xx / 461.xx

NVidia Geforce Hotfix Graphics driver 461.33 (January 19, 2021)

DriverVer  = 01/19/2021, 27.21.14.6133

GeForce Hotfix display driver version 461.33 is based on our latest Game Ready Driver 461.09 .

The hotfix addresses the following issues :

• Adobe Premiere Pro may freeze when using Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (CUDA) [3230997/200686504]
• [461.09] NVIDIA Broadcast Camera filter may hang. [200691869] 
• [Steam VR game] : Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game (Without using any Hardware monitoring tool). [3152190]
• [Detroit : Become Human] : The game randomly crashes. [3203114]
• [NVENC] Colors of webcam video image on receiving end of Zoom may appear incorrect [3205912]
• [Assassin's Creed Valhalla] : Game may randomly crash after extended gameplay [200679654]
• [X4 : Foundations][Vulkan] : The game may crash on GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs. [3220107]
• [X4 : Foundations][Vulkan] : HUD in the game is broken. [3169099]

         Classic / Standard driver for Win 10 x64 :
         international-gfe.download.nvidia.com/Wi...international.hf.exe

         DCH driver for Win 10 x64 :
         international-gfe.download.nvidia.com/Wi...rnational-dch.hf.exe

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 461.40 WHQL

Version : 461.40 WHQL
Release Date : 2021.1.26

DriverVer = 01/22/2021, 27.21.14.6140
WHQL Cert & signed from January 23, 2021
Branch : (r461_36-4)


Full Release notes :
us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/461.40/46...n7-release-notes.pdf

This release supports the following APIs :

 Open Computing Language (OpenCLTM software) 1.2 for NVIDIA® KeplerTM and later GPUs
 OpenGL® 4.6
 Vulkan® 1.2.155
 DirectX 11
 DirectX 12 (Windows 10)

Software Module Versions :

 nView - 201.18
 HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.40
 NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
 GeForce Experience - 3.20.5.70
 CUDA - 11.2
 DCH NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.960.0

Desktop driver for Win 7_8.1 x64 :
us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/461.40/46...ternational-whql.exe

Notebook driver for Win 7_8.1 x64 :
us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/461.40/46...ternational-whql.exe

NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Graphics driver 461.51

DriverVer = 02/04/2021, 27.21.14.6151

GeForce Hotfix display driver version 461.51 is based on our latest Game Ready Driver 461.40 .

The hotfix addresses the following issues :

[Ampere] Chrome/Edge may experience random TDR while browsing [3195894]

[G-SYNC][Edge of Eternity/Hitman 2]: The games experience stutter and low FPS when Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling in windowed mode [200685971]

Wallpaper Engine app may crash on startup or upon resume from sleep. [3208963]

[461.40] LG CX OLED TVs (2020) are not recognized as G-SYNC Compatible displays [3244055]

[Surround][RTX 30 series] PC may display no signal message when enabling NVIDIA Surround [3230565]

On some Notebooks ‘Maximum Graphics Power’ information missing in NV Control Panel - System Information [200697069]

Classic / Standard driver for Win 10 x64 :
international-gfe.download.nvidia.com/Wi...international.hf.exe

DCH driver for Win 10 x64 :
international-gfe.download.nvidia.com/Wi...rnational-dch.hf.exe

NVIDIA GeForce Graphics driver 461.72 WHQL :

Version : 461.72 WHQL
Release Date : 2021.2.25

Full Release Notes :
us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/461.72/46...n7-release-notes.pdf

DriverVer = 02/23/2021, 27.21.14.6172
WHQL Cert. & signed from February 24, 2021

Game Ready Drivers provide the best possible gaming experience for all major new releases. Prior to a new title launching, our driver team is working up until the last minute to ensure every performance tweak and bug fix is included for the best gameplay on day-1.

Game Ready for Outriders Demo
This new Game Ready Driver provides support for the Outriders demo, NVIDIA DLSS in Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition and Mount & Blade II : Bannerlord, and NVIDIA Reflex in Rainbow Six Siege.

Gaming Technology
Includes support for the GeForce RTX 3060 GPU

This release supports the following APIs :

 Open Computing Language (OpenCLTM software) 1.2 for NVIDIA® KeplerTM and later GPUs
 OpenGL® 4.6
 Vulkan® 1.2
 DirectX 11
 DirectX 12 (Windows 10)

Software Module Versions :

 nView - 201.18
 HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.40
 NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
 GeForce Experience - 3.21.0.36
 CUDA - 11.2
 DCH NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.960.0

New Features and Other Changes :

 Added support for the following GPUs.
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
• NVIDIA CMP 40HX
• NVIDIA CMP 30HX

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 461.72
The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved in this
version. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this driver version. The
NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference.

Fixed Issues in this Release :

 [G-SYNC][Edge of Eternity/Hitman 2] : The games experience stutter and low FPS when using
hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling in windowed mode. [200685971]

 [G-Sync][Vulkan Apps] : Performance drop occurs when using G-SYNC and switching from
full-screen mode to windowed mode using the in-game settings. [200681477]

 [The Isle] : Freestyle is not supported for the game. [3229829]

 [VIndictus][GeForce Experience] : The game cannot be recorded. [2203875]

 [X4: Foundations][Vulkan] : The application crashes when launched on Windows 10 (Version
1803). [3220107]

 Wallpaper Engine app may crash on startup or upon resume from sleep. [3208963]

 [Blu-ray][HDMI] : Flickering occurs in Blu-ray playback when played over HDMI. [3221611]

 Several desktop applications flicker when Vertical Sync is set to the default “Use the 3D
application setting”. [3252186]

 [Ampere] : Chrome/Edge may experience random TDR while browsing.[3195894]

 LG CX OLED TVs (2020) are not recognized as G-SYNC Compatible displays.[3244055]

 [Surround][RTX 30 series] PC may display “no signal” message when enabling NVIDIA
Surround. [3230565]

 [Notebook] : On some Notebooks, the 'Maximum Graphics Power' information missing in the
NVIDIA Control Panel > System Information page. [200697069]

Open Issues in Version 461.72 WHQL

Windows 10 Issues :

 Some desktop applications may flicker or stutter when resizing the window on some PC
configurations [3252200].
See the NVIDIA KBA 5157 for a possible workaround.

 [Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege][Advanced Optimus] : The game may crash while launching.
[3257842]

 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER] : Random flickering may appear across the top of the monitor on
some PC configurations. [3184254]

 [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands] : Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game
[3206341]

 [Supreme Commander/Supreme Commander 2] : The games experience low FPS. [3231218]

 [Batman Arkham Knight] : The game crashes when turbulence smoke is enabled. [3202250]

 [Steam VR game] : Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game while any GPU
hardware monitoring tool is running in the background. [3152190]

 [G-SYNC][NVIDIA Ampere/Turing GPU architecture] : GPU power consumption may increase
in idle mode on systems using certain higher refresh-rate G-SYNC monitors. [200667566]

 [YouTube] : Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]

 [Notebook] : Some Pascal-based notebooks w/ high refresh rate displays may randomly drop
to 60Hz during gameplay. [3009452]

Resizable BAR enabled for the GeForce RTX 3060 card :

However, the GeForce RTX 3060 GPU has a special feature, as it is theoretically the first in the 30 Series desktop to support the Resizable BAR feature of the PCI Express standard, which is expected to improve performance in some games.

However, NVIDIA does not talk about this innovation in the changelog of the 461.72 driver but confirms on its website nvidia.com/geforce that this 461.72 driver supports the Resizable BAR with the GeForce RTX 3060 card.

As a reminder, the support of the Resizable BAR in the GeForce driver is not enough since it must also be the case in the BIOS of the graphics card. The GeBIorce RTX 3060's vBIOS natively incorporates this feature, but the 3060 Ti / 3070/3080/3090 GPUs will receive an update to their vBIOS in late March. This BIOS will also remove the beeps at startup. You will also need to think about updating the BIOS / UEFI of the motherboard.

NVIDIA confirms that this BIOS with Resizable BAR will be available for both GeForce RTX 30 Series Founders Edition home graphics cards and those offered by the various partners (OEMs). So it will be to our knowledge for the first time that NVIDIA will offer a new BIOS for Founders Edition cards which it has always refused to do in the past. This BIOS will be directly downloadable from the NVIDIA website.

Support for the first HX CMP GPUs dedicated to mining :

In addition to the GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, these drivers also provide support for the very first CMP HX GPUs dedicated exclusively to professional mining as the cards will be devoid of video output. This new line of GPU Cryptocurrency Mining Processor aims to completely split the products used to mine cryptocurrency from those intended for gamers, which should improve the availability of graphics cards in commerce and prevent miners from getting their hands on whole batches of GeForce which has totally destabilized the market in recent years.

To prevent future GeForce cards (including the new RTX 3060) from being used for mining purposes, NVIDIA announces that their performance for this use will be curbed at half the maximum Hash Rate via the BIOS and driver that will detect Ethereum protocol algorithms.

The first two mining GPUs supported in these drivers are the CMP 30HX and CMP 40HX references. The CMP 50HX and CMP 90HX models will follow later.

In addition, NVIDIA reports that the Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) feature, which improves performance and image quality with the RTX 20/30 Series GPUs, is now available in the Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord and Nioh 2 games. - The Complete Edition thanks to these drivers. NVIDIA also announces that DLSS is now available as a free plugin for game developers based on the Unreal Engine 4 engine which will allow it to be extended to many additional games. A dozen professional authoring applications are also DLSS compatible recently.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege sees its extended compatibility with Reflex technology, which according to NVIDIA would reduce the latency by up to 25% between an action on the mouse and its consideration on the screen. Note that activating Reflex mode is currently only possible on Ubisoft (Technical Test Server) test servers and only with the Vulkan edition of Rainbow Six Siege and not with the DirectX API. Of course, to enjoy these gains, you must also have a monitor and mouse compatible with Reflex but also a GPU GeForce GTX 10 Series or higher. In fact, NVIDIA points out that the latency gains are significantly greater with older generation graphics cards.

25 new OPS profiles :

This 461.72 driver allows you to benefit from 25 additional Optimal Playable Settings (OPS) profiles, ie the ability to automatically optimize 3D settings for the following games :

9 Monkeys of Shaolin
Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy
CRSED F.O.A.D.
DRAGON QUEST XI S Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
Dyson Sphere Program
Enlisted
Firefighting Simulator - The Squad
Firework
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 8
Hitman III
Home Behind 2
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition
Leaf Blower Revolution
Lineage Remastered
Little Nightmares II
Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition
Port Royale 4
Scavengers
Skul: The Hero Slayer
Spelunky 2
Tale of Immortal
The Medium
The Riftbreaker
Yakuza 3 Remastered
Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Supported products :


Desktop driver :

Classic / Standard driver for Win 10 x64 :
international.download.nvidia.com/Window...ternational-whql.exe

DCH driver for Win 10 x64 :
international.download.nvidia.com/Window...ational-dch-whql.exe

Win 7_8.1 x64 :
Fixed driver by NVidia a few days after...Should be properly detected and discovered now. Hopefully anyway.
international.download.nvidia.com/Window...national-whql-rp.exe

Notebook driver :

800M/900M/10M – GTX 16/MX100 – MX400/RTX 20 (Notebooks)
Win 10 x64 :

Classic / Standard driver :
us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/461.72/46...ternational-whql.exe

DCH driver :
us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/461.72/46...ational-dch-whql.exe

800M/900M/10M – MX100 – MX400 (Notebooks)
Win 7_8.1 x64 :
N/A

GTX 16xx (Notebooks)
Win 7 x64 :
N/A
 
Edit : Issue has been discovered on Win 7_8.1 where driver seems unable to install properly or isn't detected anyway.
Investigation in progress...
Edit Confirmed !!!
Windows 7.1, Code 52 in device manager, Error message in security log: Code integrity determined that the image hash of a file is not valid. This file could be corrupt due to unauthorized modification or the invalid hash could indicate a potential disk device error.
File Name: \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys

By the way this driver get several problems also on Win 10 with critical loss of FPS in certain games...and even on Ampere products.

I highly recommend you to use and stay on Geforce driver 465.42 for those running on GTX 1000/2000/3000 series.
The rest of other peoples running on older products should use and stay on Geforce driver 399.24 or even less with better older drivers.